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Buckling up in Singapore: residency and other risk factors for seatbelt non-compliance - a cross-sectional study based on trauma registry data

Wong TH 1 , Lim GH 2 , Chow KY 2 , Trauma Coordinators and Trauma Service Representatives , Zaw NN 3 , Nguyen HV 4 Show all authors , Chin HC 5 , Ong ME 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore, 169608, Singapore. [email protected]
  • 2 Health Promotion Board, 3 Second Hospital Ave, Singapore, 168937, Singapore
  • 3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore, 169608, Singapore
  • 4 Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, 8 College Rd, Singapore, 169857, Singapore
  • 5 National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 119260, Singapore
BMC Public Health, 2016 05 14;16:402.
PMID: 27180046 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3080-3

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Seatbelt non-compliance is a problem in middle income countries, and little is known about seatbelt compliance in populations with a high proportion of non-residents. This study analyses the profile of seatbelt non-compliance in Singapore based on trauma registry data from five of the six public hospitals.

METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of seatbelt compliance of patients aged over 18 years, attending the emergency departments of five public hospitals in Singapore after road collisions from 2011-2014. Seatbelt data was obtained from paramedic and patient history.

RESULTS: There were 4,576 patients studied. Most were Singapore citizens (83.4 %) or permanent residents (2.4 %), with the largest non-resident groups from Malaysia, India, and China. Overall seatbelt compliance was 82.1 %. On univariate analysis, seatbelt compliance was higher in older patients (OR 1.02, 95 % CI 1.001-1.021, p 

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